30/9/23: Savali Ole Filemu. The corner of Ponsonby and Franklin Road was the starting point for today's march. The aim of the walk is voicing the importance of a pathway to residency for Pacific people. The day was peaceful and we continued the walk along to Western Park. Sadly the rain kept many people away today. There were speakers reminding everyone about the Dawn Raids in the 1970s. The dawn raids were crackdowns in New Zealand from 1973 to 1979 and then sporadically afterward on alleged illegal overstayers from the Pacific Islands. The raids were first introduced in 1973 by Prime Minister Norman Kirk's Labour government, who discontinued them in April 1974. #ponsonbynews #iloveponsonby #onlyponsonby #dawnraids1970s #aucklandshippeststrip